Preanalytical management: Serum vacuum tubes validation for routine clinical chemistry;Upravljanje kvalitetom prijeanalitičke faze: Validacija vakumskih serumskih epruveta kod rutinskih biokemijskih pretraga

Biochemia Medica

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 180-186

  Lima Oliveira, Gabriel ^a,b,c,d   Lippi, Giuseppe ^e   Salvagno, Gian Luca ^a   Montagnana, Martina ^a   Picheth, Geraldo ^b   Guidi, Gian Cesare ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c MERCOSUL: Sector Committee of Clinical Analyses and in Vitro Diagnostics CSM 20   (Brazil)

^d Brazilian Society of Clinical Analyses on Sao Paulo State   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood collection; Preanalytical variability; Serum samples; Vacuum tubes; Validation process

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMYLASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CALCIUM; CREATINE KINASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; IRON; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELECTRONIC TUBE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY DEVICE; LABORATORY TEST; PHLEBOTOMIST; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; VALIDATION PROCESS; BLOOD SAMPLING; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GEL; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHLEBOTOMY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SERUM; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GELS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHLEBOTOMY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SERUM;

EID: 84865388373     PISSN: 13300962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11613/bm.2012.021     Document Type: Article

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